Civic
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Bill Nye surprises AOC at SXSW, asks about overcoming fear of climate change
Talking at South by Southwest on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received a shock go to positive to thrill any millennial who…
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Tableau launches $1.3M initiative to ‘eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness’ in 50 US cities
Tableau’s Seattle headquarters. (Lara Swimmer Photography Photo) Tableau is launching a new initiative to tackle homelessness in the latest example…
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Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible? Imagining the tech giant under a U.S. antitrust crackdown
A display for Amazon Basics, one of the company’s private-label brands, at its Seattle bookstore. (GeekWire Photo / Frank Catalano)…
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Startup investors sound off on Sen. Warren’s plan to break up and regulate tech giants
Sen. Elizabeth Warren. (Flickr Photo / Elizabeth Warren) Nice politics, wrong policies. That’s the general consensus from Seattle-area venture capitalists…
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Bernie Sanders calls out Amazon as 2020 hopefuls amp up pressure on Big Tech
Sen. Bernie Sanders hosts a Town Hall with workers from Amazon, American Airlines, Walmart, and other big companies. (Flickr Photo…
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal grills T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Trump hotel stays
Rep. Pramila Jayapal. (Facebook Photo / RepJayapal) Two leaders from Washington state butted heads Tuesday in the other Washington over…
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As more Pacific Northwest cities embrace scooter-sharing, Seattle keeps foot on the brake
Lime demos its electric scooter in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Seattle was the first city in the nation…
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Seattle Police Foundation raises money from tech industry for equipment, training, civic programs
PitchBook’s Steve Bendt speaking at the Seattle Police Chief’s Reception. (Photo by Sean Jordan) A nonprofit that raises money for…
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The troubling state of consumer privacy: We’ve entered a ‘trust apocalypse’ era — now what?
From left to right: Marketplace Tech’s Molly Wood; GeekWire Civic Editor Monica Nickelsburg; Helm CEO Giri Sreenivas, and Ryan Calo,…
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